Elmwood would not have hired that flighty damsel on any account,
and Emlyn was sure it would be but mopish work to live under a
starched old Puritan. Mrs. Lightfoot was therefore applied to, to
find a service for Emlyn Gaythorn, and she presently discovered one
Mistress Sloggett, a haberdasher's wife of wealth and consideration,
who wanted a young maidservant.
Emlyn was presented to her by the bakester, undertook for everything,
and was hired by the twelvemonth, going off in high glee at the
variety and diversion she expected to enjoy at the sign of the "Sheep
and Shears," though clinging with much tenderness to her friends as
they parted.
"Remember, Emlyn, this is the home where you will always be welcome,"
said Stead.
"As if I wanted to _remember_ it," said Emlyn, with her sweet smile.
"As if I did not know where be kind hearts."
The hovel seemed greatly deserted when the two young girls were gone.
Patience sorely missed Rusha, her diligent little helper, and
latterly her companion too; and the lack of Emlyn's merry tongue made
all around seem silent and tedious.
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